Ring fabric.



C. HOLL. I, RNG FABRIC.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE l2, 1906.

1,050,216, Patented Jan.14,1913.

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PATENT onirica.

CHAR-E'S HOLL, OF STRASSBURG, GERMANY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed .Tune 12,

laos. seri-a1 No. 321,320.

To all 'whom' t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES HOLL, a subject of the German Emperor, and residing at Strassburg, Alsace, Germany, have invented certain-new and useful Improvements Ring Fabrics, ofwhich the following is a specification.

ments in the manufacture of purses, bags and the like of-the so-called mesh type, con-v sisting of 'interwoven metal rings, forming a :flexible fabric and suspended from a suitable frame; and the particular object of -f the'invention is to work' up this mesh fabric lin such manner that the rows of rings in pieces of this fabric are pushed together. to a fixedposit-ion of certain ring rows with reference tothe axis -of suspension and the .fabric joined, in this position, to the frame,

obtained.

Figure l illustrates on an enlarged scale the texture then being distinguished by a remarkable capability of lateral expansion,

and at 'the same time a decorative effect is a piece of the well known fabric with the rows of rings in position with reference to the direction of suspension. Fig.. 1 is a side edge view ofthesame, and Fig'. 11 a bottom view. Fig. 2 is an illustration of the saine fabric-piece but in a contractedv state. Fig. 2 is a side edge view lof^the same, and Fig. 2 a bottom edge View. Figs. 3, 4:, 5, 6 and 7 illustrate applications of the ring fabric to the frame of purses or other bag-like structures.

The ordinary meta-l ring fabric is obtained, as is well known, by direct and indirect intermeshing of rings, whereby in the nished piece certain characteristic rows of rings are obtained which through their lrin composition and their diderent-positionl in t e texture are clearly recognizable.

in the piece of fabric shown on an enlarged scale in Figs.. 11.a and 1b, the sev-y eral ring rows are clearly distinguishable.- For the manufacture of my Improved fabric only those 1n the direction ae, and

`those parallel thereto are of special importance, as they alone, by reason of their relative position, have influence on the expansibility of the ring fabric. rf'hese rows, called Arows of scales, are in sofarcharacte'ristic,

that their individual rings all cut the fabric A plane at the same angle, and 'are so 'inten' meshed with the succeeding parallel rows, thatthey may be shoved over or under one the piece reduced in width inf` the directionof these rows withoutformation of folds.Y

But so far, it has not been possible to retain the pleces 1n this contracted state without Aat the same time showing folds and uneven The presentinventionr'elates to improvegrouping of the rings. According to the present invention, I have succeeded in this, by pushing together the several rows of 'Patented aan. it, 191e. i

rings at acertain inclination in the direction -c-e relative' to the horizontal axis of suspension, forming, as it were, a'condensed or contracted texture and by then suspending fthe fabric in this position and'state to. the frame.v l

It is'obvio'us that in theordinary method of suspendingY the fabric to the frame, whereby the rows of rings (scales) run either normal or parallel to the axis tof suspension, a permanent and uniform contraction of the fabric cannot be obtained. Also, with any other inclination of these rows to the horizont-al the intended result cannot be obtained inv as satisfactory or erfect manner, ,inasmuch asA either the inclination to the axis of suspension is too great, s'o 'that the rings in the rows roll back into the normal expanded or'non-contracted condi-v tion, or the fabric does not allow of the intended contraction without forming folds, owing to the adjacent rings knocking toget-her. The desired result is obtained in the-best manner for the intended purpose only when the single pieces of fabric are so put Itogether and the fabricis so suspended from the frame, that the rows of ,rings or scales,in the normal, lnon-contracted' state of the texture, are inclined at an angle of' 30 Arelative to the axis of suspension. This,

angle results from the manner of meshing,

as-shown in Fig. l. An exceptional situation is obtained when the angle of inclination rises to 45; nln this inst-ance, the frictional conditions obtainedby'the contraction and weight ofthe .fabf 0, counterbalance, as it were. 1`f,`then, a pieceof-fabric in normal, or non-contracted sta/te y(with the rows of scales at 30) -isfsus ended in the 'direction orf-b and then pushe together, the

fabric will contract along 'these rows, and

as is, essential in this invention, remain in this state. Figs. 2, 2*,'and 2*,illustrate such ai contracted pieceof ring texture it is employed for the fabricslaccording to my invention for, manufacturing purses, etc.

The bottoni and side edge views make very clear how the rings are shoved over and under one another, and the angle of inclination is, according to the contraction, about 50.

`Hence it' appears that by pushing together,

more or less condensed or contracted portions are produced, of which'the first stand rows of rings of succeeding pieces or strips inclose between them an angle of 1200. It is immaterial Whether the frame is angularly recessed, as shown, or not. If now the several-pieces are pushed together and joined in a single fabric,` and then suspended from the frame, the finished bag will show great centers are equidistant.

capability of distention en lateral pull. In Fig. 3 the.two rows of rings of adjacent fabric strips are joined, with their end rings along the line f-g, forming a chain line, the

working forces in which have a tendency to so hold the rings arranged, that the ring .The rings in the rows lying close together, the rows clearly stand out in the fabric, and appear as zig zag lines all over the fabric, and by reason of the peculiar interconnection of the strips,

these latter appear distinctly separated along their edge lines ,f--g. This purely decorative 'effect maybe used to great advantage in the Amanufacture. of purses and like structures of the precious metals.

Fig. 4 illustrates an example of an exceptional case of suspension on the frame. ln this case the rows of scales are inclined at an angle of 45D to the horizontal and stand normal to each other in the single joined pieces. rllhe pieces of fabric are shown in their nor mal or non-contracted state in order to demonstrate the inclination .and position of the several ring rows to each other. Fig. 5 on the contrary is an illustration of 'the same purse but with the ring fabric in contracted condition.

'An other manner of application of the new fabric is shown in Fig. 6 where the bag is shown composed of four parellelogranis m, 71,11, p, two forming the front part and two the rear part of the purse. rllie joining edges of these fabric elements, for instance, j

come together on the line fam-o and 'the rows of rings running at an angle of 12Go lo the frame, are thus inclined 'toward oneanother, as clearly shown. The bottoni of the bag is Joining suoli pieces, shown in Loaders waves, another manner of suspension must Lbe resorted to, which is shown in 7. The strips of fabric g, r, s, will, in contract ed state, hang down straight. For producing thewavy effect, the angle of the zigzag line` in the frame must be made smallen. For covering over the line of attachment of the fabric to the frame, a cover strip t may be used, and if the waves are desired to be repeated at shorter intervals, this cover strip may be-made undulating, as shown in the grojlind plane of Fig. 7. It is obvious that 'suc sible, without bein laid in folds in its nor*- mal, or non-exten ed condition, such man- `ner of suspension being especially suitable for pushing together the rows of rings as close as possible.

Claims:

l. In combination, a suspending` frame, a ring fabric suspended therefrom comprising a plurality of parallel rows of rings, each ring in a row extending in a plane substan tially parallel to the planes in which each of the other' rings in said row extends whereby the planes containing 'the rings in said row' will all approach at substantially the saine angle the general plane of the fabric, and all the rings in one row angularly approaching a bag or purse is exceptionally exten.

said fabric in onedrection and all the rings in an adjacent row angularljr approaching said `fabric in a substantiallyopposite direction, said rows being disposed at an oblique angle to the axis of suspension.

2. A suspended ring fabric comprising a plurality of. parallel rows of rings, all thev rings of any one row being in overlappingrelation and disposed to approach the general plane of the fabric at substantially the same angle, the angular approach of the rings of any one row being in an opposed direction 'to the angular approach of the rings of an adjacent row, the rings of each 'row being non-concatenated with respect to each other, and all ofthe-rows being disposed at an oblique angle to the aXisof suspension.

8. A suspended ring fabric comprising a plurality of parallel rows of rings, all the' rings of any one row being in overlapping,

relation and disposed to approach the general plane of the' fabric at substantialli,T the saine angle, the angular approach of the rings of any one row being in an.opposed direction to the angular approach of the rings of an adjacentrow, the :rings of each row being nonconcatenated with respect to each other and a ring of any one row being interlinked with two rings of an adjacent row, and all of the rows being disposed at an oblique angle to the axis of suspension.

4. In combination, a suspending frame, and a fabric suspended therefrom, comprising rows'of rings arranged in parallel relation, each ring of each row closely overlapping its neighbor in the same row and having capacity for movement relatively to its neighbor in a line substantially parallel to the line of suspension, each of said rows being at an angle to the line of suspension, which angle varies as the individual rings oi the row are moved With respect to cach other.

In testimony whereof I affix my' signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES HOLL.

Witnesses ALBERTNENNINGER, BENJAMIN F. LIEFELD.

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